I think now would be the time to tackle one of the best parts of my trip: the food. One of the things I love about food in China is it is fresh. Every dish has lots and lots of veggies and every spare patch of ground houses a small
Drool Time: Local Foods of Xiamen
It’s no secret I’m not a fan of Xiamen food. The specialty here is seafood, which is my least favorite kind of food in general. And the other food here, the common dishes like Japanese tofu, sweet and sour pork and others, just aren’t as good here as in Hangzhou.
The Food of Thailand
Fresh, fresh, fresh! That’s the only word I can use to describe Thai food. If you’ve ever eaten at a (good) Thai restaurant I think you’ll know what I’m talking about. But of course, in the native land the cuisine always tastes better. Simple pad thai cooked on the street
Top Five Taiwan Street Foods
As promised here is a list of my top 5 favorite street food in Taiwan. I just want to mention that there was a cup of milk tea that was one of the most delicious things I have ever tasted. But as it was milk tea, and not exactly food
Get Your Drool On–The Amazing Street Food of Taiwan
I have a lot to say about Taiwan but I have to get the most important thing out of the way first: food. Taiwan is known as one of the food capitals of Asia, second only to Singapore. It was the one thing almost everyone mentioned when I said I
The One Christmas Tradition China gets Right
So here we are, a week away from Christmas, and here in China things are not “beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” The weather is bitterly cold at night, no one has that festive feeling, and only a few stores have anything resembling Christmas decorations (and a few of
Hitting up the Food Festival
Every year the “International Food Festival” hits up our campus. You know the type, food stalls filled with fatty, grilled and sweet food, a few games and some terrible rock music blaring non-stop. Every year we go, buy some overpriced crappy food and swear we’ll never go again. Until
Street Food of Pingyao
You can’t go far in the tiny ancient city of Pingyao without hearing the street cry of a food vendor, and more often then not, Ryan and I would answer that call. Pingyao had some of the most unique street food I had never seen before, much of it bread
Photo of the Day: Sweet Potato Seller
You might think buying a dirty sweet potato cooked on top of an oil drum would be disgusting. But it’s actually delicious! (You peel off the outside so it’s cleaner to eat then you think.) Just the thing to warm your belly on a cold day.
Pineapples in China
One of my favorite snacks is a piece of pineapple on a stick. I don’t remember if I noticed it when we first got here in September (then again, I stayed away from any un-peelable fruit back in the beginning) but now I am addicted. Seriously, every night I go